Ice-cream spoon.



No. 825,147. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906.

D. H. MOSTELLBR.

ICE CREAM SPOON. APPLICATION 1'1LBD'1EB-5, 1906.

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Illlllll No. 825,147. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906 D. H. MOSTELLER. y

` ICE CREAM SPOON.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.5, 1906.

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DOsIER Hf MOSTE'LLER, O F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 'AssIGNOE TO THE MOsTELLEEvMANUFACTURING. COMPANY, OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS).

ICE-CREAM "sPo7o|\|.

ySpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3,1906.

Application filed February 5. 1906. Serial No. 299.540.

.To all whom it may concern/E Be it known that I, DosIER H. MosTELLER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chi-' construction of, aspoon adapted' to be used in the ordinary manner, which is provided witha scraper and a movable bowl which enables the ice-cream to be 'uicklyand easily released from the bowl in t e form of a perfect rounded blockand is adapted to be operated by one hand, thus leavin lthe other handfree for releasing the lid of t e recepta-` cle within which theice-cream is contained.

Another object of the inventionis to so arrange the parts that theoperation of the movable bowl can be easily, quickly, and convenientlyperformed without tiring the hand' and in a much more erfect and rapidmanner than\has hitherto een the case.

The invention consists in the features of vconstruction and combinationof parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the spoon in normalposition; Fig. 2, a top or plan view of the same, showing the handlepartially open; Fig. 3, a view showing the bowl thereof artly open;Figs. 4 and 5, detail views of a s lghtly-modied form of operatingmechanism; Fig. 6, a side elevation of the spoon having an integralbowl; Fig. 7, a top or plan view of the same, showin the bowl turned outof normal position; ang Fig. 8, a slightly-modiied form of operatingmechanism. e Y

The spoon of Fig. 1 consists of a bowl 1 of hemispherical shapeconsisting of two sec- Y tions 2, which when in normal position havetheir edges in close abutmentv against'each other and form, in effect, acomplete bowl.

' Within the closed bowl is a scraper-ring 3, to

the opposite sides of which the sections of the bowl are pivoted forallowing the bowl to be swung from the position showninFig. 2 to theposition shown' 1n Fig. 3. The scraper-ring lower bar 8, a connectin nblock within the closed bow is connected by means of a neck 4 with ahanSi dle-head 5, from which extends the handle'. f The handle iscomposed of an outer bar 7, a

end 9, and a crosswall 10 and is of suitab e formation to rest easilyand conveniently Within the hand of the user. The handle 15 serves as abearing for oppositely-disposed bearing-studs 11, which terminate inrods"12 and 13, which areI 1 0, and the rod 1'3 extends through thecrosswall and has mounted thereon a thumb-1ej ournaled at their innerends in the cross-wall l ver 14,- and the rod is further provided with acoil-spring 1 5, which has one end secured within a lug 16 and itsopposite end passed throu h the rearwardly-pro `ecting end of the rod. Te

= two rods are rovi ed with intermeshing pinions 18 imm'e 'ately forwardof the cross-Wall,

so that the movement of one of the rods is imarted in a reversedirection to the other rod. n order to strengthen-the device and enablethe bowl and scraper-ring to be made of thin ".material, an outerreinforcing half-ring 19 is provided, which at its inner end is securedto the handle-head 5 and haIsnpivoting-studs 20A pissed through itsouter e and through the edscra er-ring for pivotingthe outer taereld ens of the segmental sections of the ow ing tongue 21whic hasOutwardlyrojecting therefrom a pin or stud 22, whic serves as a stud orabutment for preventing the inner edges' of the closing bowl-sectionsfrom bein injured by abrupt contact with one anot er. The operatingmechanism of Fi s. 4 and 5 is similar in every respect to that hithertodescribed, With the eXce tion that in place of the thumb -lever a tumb-rack 23 is employed, which is slidably mounted between pimons 24,which instead of ntermeshing with each other mesh with theopgpsitelydisposed teeth of the thumb-rack, W 'ch lat- Iter projectsthrou h theu per bar 7 and isprovided on its en with alt umh-button 25,adapted to de ress the rack against the tension of the coill-)s ring, 15. The modie'd form of mechanism' shown in Figs. 4 and 5 is similarinevery respect to that hitherto described. In using the spoon of eitherof the forms hitherto described the ice-cream is dip ed up in the usualmanner, forming a hemispherical When it is de- 'The head is Iprovidedwith a depend- ICO sired to discharge the cream from the bowl,

' the thumb-lever or thumb-button is moved readily graspd by the Aissvand thereby rotate the vwhich is necess to revolve the pnions inogpposite directions,

r the segmental sections of the bowl. The sections of the bowl will bemoved from the position shownin Figl to a reverse itomin which thenormali upper edges ome bowisections are broug t into contact, whichallows the scraper-ring to act upon the block of ice-cream containedwithin the bowl, discharging the block as the bowl-sections are opened,and this discharge is made without turning the spoon as a whole upsidedown and without changing its position 1n the hand. The thumb lever or'button is suitably located, to allow the shank of the handle to. be ersof the usci', umb thereon or the operation of the button or lever. Asshown in-Figs. 2 and 3, the uppenpart of the handle is Asuitably ormedto allow wide swingfor the lever. When the lever or buttonyis released,the tension of the Spring immediately thfows back the sections of thebowl into normal position pre aratory of t e s ring is sucient toprevent any accidental tention of the bowl-sections as the ice-cream isbeing dished out.

In 6 and 7 a slightly-modified form o leaving the construction 1s shown,in which an integral'- bowl is employed in though In'the device of Figs.6 and 7, 26rxplace of, a divided bowl,- in most res ects the two devicesare resents the integral -bowl which, like the vided bow l,`is ohemispherical shape, and it is secured to ahandle 27, havingupper anlower parts 28 and 29, a'cross-Wall30, and a head 31, which serves as amounting for a bearing-stud 32, connecting Hwith a rod yS3, which passesthrough a cross-wall 30 and has mounted thereon a finger-lever 34 and acoil- 'slpring, similar to that hitherto described. he head 31 hasoutwardly'extendi'ng there- Jfrom a reinforcing half-ring 36, to theouter end of which the bowl is pivoted b means of a pivot-pin 37, andwithin the bowlris a circular' scraper-ringlSS, connected, by means of aneck 39, to the the handle is rovided with a recess 40, which allows awi e swing of the thumb-lever, in moving the 'bowl through a half-revoution for discharging the ice-cream. y

The spoon of Fig. 8 .emlplo s in place df the er-lever '34 a de ressi leever 41 pivoted ead 31. The upper rail 28 o between ears 42 an connectedwitha curved rack 413, meshing with a pinion 44, which crates the rod 33in the same manner as iin er-lever 34 of Figs. 6 and 7.

- e spoon of Figs. 6, 7 and 8 crates in the same manner as the s on hierto described, discharging the b ock of ice-cream by the action of thefixed scraper which cuts out the block of ice-cream from the moving swhiclfactuate to further use, and' the tensionf by Letters Patent, is-

i team block of ice-cream being served to the consumer, but prevents therapid melting of the ice-cream, which will occur if small dpieces orfragments are scattered uponthe sh, which of course will melt muchmorerapidly than a single integrall g neater the spoon of the presentinvention can be operated makes it specially useful in ice-cream arlors,soda-fountains, and similar establishments where a further advantageertaining to the present served to each customer which is not the casewhere spoons of the ordin style are used. This uniformity of distriution results a considerable saving Y proprietor to determine in advancejust how many dishes of ice-cream are contained with'- in a can of knowncapacity.V A

Although the operating; mechanism of the present invention has beendescribed with considerable detail, it is obvious that some of g themechanical features herein described can be modied without de artingfrom the spirit of the invention, whic consists, essentially, 1 in theemployment a movable bowl in conj nection wlth a xed scra er l /Theabove device has I[ )reen described asy an ice-cream spoon; might beused for dishing out other" substances of similar nature or or any otherpurpose for which it is adapted. What I claim .as nelw', and desire tosecure l. Ih an ice-cream spoon, the combination of a handle, abowlniovably on, and a scraper cured to the handle as and for thepurposes set forth. l

respect to the handle, -a scraper iredly mounted with respect to thehandle, and means for rotating the bowl, substantially as described.

3. In an ice-cream spoon, the combination of a handle, a bowl rotatablymounted with respect to the handle, a scraper xedly mounted with respectto the handle, amechanism secured to the handle and adapted to andobviates dissatisfaction and enables the 2. In an ice-cream spoon, the'combination'- of a handle, a bowl rotatably mounted with dischar thecream not only results in 'a 1 ldldng block. The ease and rapidity withwhich;

large number 'of persons -must be served in a very short time, and ainvention is that t e quantity of ice-cream-v be the same, e

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p mounted 'therewithin the bowl rigidly sebe operated by the thumb ofthe user for rotating the bowl, substantially as described.

4. In an ice-cream spoon, the combination of a handle, a round bowlrotatably mounted with respect thereto, a rod connected with the bowl,means for revolving the rod, anda iixed scraper within the bowl,substantially as described.

5. In an ice-cream spoon, the combination of a handle, a round bowlrotatably mounted with respect thereto, a rod connected with the bowl,means for revolving the rod, and a lixed scraper-ring closely adjacentto the interior ofv the bowl for cutting out the icecream thereincontained, substantially as described.

6. In an ice-cream spoon, the combination of a handle, a bowl rotatablymounted with respect to the handle, a rearwardly-extending rod journaled Within the handle and adapted to move the bowl, a thumb-leveron the rod, a spring adapted to return the rod to normal position, andafixed scraper closely adjacent to the interior of the bowl for cuttingout the ice-cream therein contained, substantially as described.

v7. An ice-cream spoon, consisting of a rounded bowl comprising twosegmental sections, rods rearwardly extending from the sections, ahandle within which the rods are journaled, a scraper-ring within thebowl iixedly secured to the handle, and means for rotating the rods tomove the bowl-sections in opposite directions and around thescraperring, substantially as described. l

8. An ice-cream spoon, consisting of a rounded bowl comprising twosegmental sections, rods rearwardly extending from the sections, ahandle within which the rods are j ournaled, a scraper-ring within thebowl Xedly secured to the handle, pinions on the rods, and means formoving the pinions in opposite directions to discharge the icecream,substantially as described.

9. An ice-cream spoon consisting of a rounded bowl comprismg twosegmental sections, rods rearwardly extending rom the two sections,intermeshing gearinions onjournaled, a coil-spring surrounding .one ofthe rods and ada ted to return it to normal position, a thum -lever foroperating one of the rods, a scraper-ring within the bowl for cuttingout theice-cream therein contained;y

and an exterior reinforcing-bar extendin from the handle around the bowlto whic bar the ta ered outer ends of the segmental sections `oi) thebowl are pivoted, substantially as described.

. DOSIER H. MOSTELLEILW VVlitnesses:

WALK'ER BANNING, OSCAR W. BOND.

